After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tetsu declines, Otsuka taps unstoppable Tatsuzo the "Viper", a ruthless gun-for-hire, to assassinate him. As the Viper trails his target through the countryside, the agile Phoenix Tetsu grows concerned that one of his former associates has betrayed him.

• Nikkatsu Corporation
• Tetsuya Watari
• Chieko Matsubara
• Hideaki Nitani
• Tamio Kawachi
• Eiji Gō
• Tomoko Hamakawa
• Takeshi Yoshida
• Isao Tamagawa